Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()

• Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a family of rare, poorly defined mesenchymal tumors of uncertain malignant potential. • Treatment for PEComas has most commonly involved excisional biopsy or surgical resection. • The use of mTOR inhibitors may provide the best medical treatment a...

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Autores principales: Bunch, Kristen, Sunde, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gynor.2014.01.001
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description • Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a family of rare, poorly defined mesenchymal tumors of uncertain malignant potential. • Treatment for PEComas has most commonly involved excisional biopsy or surgical resection. • The use of mTOR inhibitors may provide the best medical treatment as well as a fertility-sparing treatment option.
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spelling pubmed-39308142014-02-24 Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report() Bunch, Kristen Sunde, Jan Gynecol Oncol Case Rep Case Report • Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a family of rare, poorly defined mesenchymal tumors of uncertain malignant potential. • Treatment for PEComas has most commonly involved excisional biopsy or surgical resection. • The use of mTOR inhibitors may provide the best medical treatment as well as a fertility-sparing treatment option. Elsevier 2014-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3930814/ /pubmed/24567888 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gynor.2014.01.001 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title_full Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title_fullStr Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title_full_unstemmed Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title_short Fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: A case report()
title_sort fertility sparing treatment of a malignant uterine perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: a case report()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gynor.2014.01.001
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